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Ralph Carr Memorial Highway

Ralph Carr Memorial Highway from directly overhead

Ralph Carr Memorial Highway is a historic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,018 m. Mount Bierstadt stands 4,287 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is North Twin Cone Peak, a peak 3.3 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In Commemoration of Ralph L. Carr Governor of Colorado (1939-1943) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly sent to internment camps by the federal government. These Americans lost their property
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Coordinates39.40340, -105.75448

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • North Twin Cone Peak: 3.3 mi
  • South Twin Cone Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Blaine: 4.4 mi
  • Jefferson Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Michigan Hill: 4.7 mi
Parks: 35
  • Summit Lake: 14.8 mi
  • High Line Railroad Park: 16.0 mi
  • Carter Park: 16.1 mi
  • White Cloud Public Access: 16.3 mi
  • Alpine Garden: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 23
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Continental Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Elk Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 23.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 21.2 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 21.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Ralph Carr Memorial Highway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BierstadtNNE 20°4,287 m13.2 mi
Square Top MountainN 358°4,201 m13.1 mi
Bald MountainWNW 284°4,175 m11.9 mi
Rosalie PeakNE 37°4,138 m13.2 mi
Epaulet MountainNNE 29°4,126 m13.3 mi
Mount GuyotWNW 291°4,053 m10.5 mi
Geneva PeakNNW 341°4,037 m11.0 mi
Landslide PeakNNW 342°4,028 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3719:5420:34
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2016:0116:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222330364554595750402921
Precip in0.60.61.01.51.71.42.62.21.41.00.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7863118491

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